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. >> a record number of women will hold u.s. senate seats in january. after victories in massachusetts, north dakota, hawaii, wisconsin and nebraska, five new female senators will be on capitol hill. that's 20 women senators, a net gain othre for massachusetts, north dakota, hawaii, and wisconsin, these women are the first female senators from their states. hawaii's mazie hirono will be the first asian-american female senator, and wisconsin's tammy baldwin the first openly gay senator. at least 77, possibly 79 women will take their seats in the house of representatives, only a modest gain. the number of democratic women in the house will rise from 51 to 63. republicans added one woman. in new hampshire, another first. the election of a female governor and two women to the house, makes it the first state to be led primarily by women. the classic women's issue -- reproductive rights also made history in this election becoming for the first time in decades a winning issue for democrats. >> so, congresswoman norton, what was the most historic aspect of the
. >> a record number of women will hold u.s. senate seats in january. after victories in massachusetts, north dakota, hawaii, wisconsin and nebraska, five new female senators will be on capitol hill. that's 20 women senators, a net gain othre for massachusetts, north dakota, hawaii, and wisconsin, these women are the first female senators from their states. hawaii's mazie hirono will be the first asian-american female senator, and wisconsin's tammy baldwin the first openly gay senator. at...
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if mexico is doing well, so are the u.s. jobs. >> to you think they realize their jobs are dependent on the mexican economy? >> i do not. i think this poll shows the lack of understanding. many people had a negative view. almost as many people said, i do not know. they do not have enough information to say something about the country to the south. part of that is a lack of understanding of how important the economic ties are between the nations. >> most americans think about mexico, when they think about a comment illegal immigration and the drug war. there are headlines because 40,000 people have been killed. illegal immigration is a big political topic. what can mexico due to change perceptions? >> today's meeting was the first step. we had the two presidents meet for the first time. they will work together for the next four years. and mexico is bringing up the security issues, which will continue to be an issue. but also bringing to the table economic issues. there was an op-ed in the washington post, this is what his gov
if mexico is doing well, so are the u.s. jobs. >> to you think they realize their jobs are dependent on the mexican economy? >> i do not. i think this poll shows the lack of understanding. many people had a negative view. almost as many people said, i do not know. they do not have enough information to say something about the country to the south. part of that is a lack of understanding of how important the economic ties are between the nations. >> most americans think about...
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that they are embarking on a plan to wipe out all resistance to u.s. policy in the region and let's talk about why this is happening i mean we know the palestine has been for statehood november twenty ninth i think it is what what does this have to do with the offensive that we're seeing me well over twenty nine palestine solidarity day and on that day palestine is going to be bringing to the u.n. general assembly their bid for statehood which would really mean i mean that the big important thing about that is if they are granted statehood then the international criminal court has to see in this international court the allegations of war crimes and illegal settlements by the state of israel so israeli and u.s. officials tried very very hard to pressure the palestinian authority into not introducing this statehood bid and actually said if you do this we're going to punish you for it and so we're just weeks away from that statehood bed and so it's very likely that this is that punishment that they are talking about trying to prevent that from happening b
that they are embarking on a plan to wipe out all resistance to u.s. policy in the region and let's talk about why this is happening i mean we know the palestine has been for statehood november twenty ninth i think it is what what does this have to do with the offensive that we're seeing me well over twenty nine palestine solidarity day and on that day palestine is going to be bringing to the u.n. general assembly their bid for statehood which would really mean i mean that the big important...
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to the u.s. when the u.s. at least in part of the us is now has a different status. goes on to say that i believe this obliges us to rethink the relationship in regards to security this is an unforeseen element and this frustration is shared by leaders throughout latin america who after four decades fighting on the front lines of the us governments and militarized drug war are now questioning was one of the high cost of lives in places like honduras and guatemala the stakes are the most high considering how the u.s. drug enforcement agency or the da a u.s. taxpayer funded entity regularly conducts raids and targeted killings of foreign nationals under a cloak of impunity so check this out and recent years the u.s. has been sponsored coups in both. paraguay and continues to fund their notoriously corrupt police and military forces in countries like honduras the us government whores money instead into institutions that are in many ways a forefront of drug trafficking so who does this all really benefit here well it becomes a little more clear when you look at a map of
to the u.s. when the u.s. at least in part of the us is now has a different status. goes on to say that i believe this obliges us to rethink the relationship in regards to security this is an unforeseen element and this frustration is shared by leaders throughout latin america who after four decades fighting on the front lines of the us governments and militarized drug war are now questioning was one of the high cost of lives in places like honduras and guatemala the stakes are the most high...
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drug enforcement agency or the da a u.s. taxpayer funded entity regularly conducts raids and targeted killings of foreign nationals under a cloak of impunity so check this out and recent years the u.s. has been sponsored coups in both and paraguay and continues to fund their notoriously corrupt police and military forces in countries like honduras the us government whores money instead into institutions that are in many ways a forefront of drug trafficking so who does this all really benefit here well it becomes a little more clear when you look at a map of u.s. bases in latin america the countries you see highlighted all host to u.s. military bases and under the pretext of helping these countries fight the narcotics industry the u.s. is continuing its historic role of using latin america for its own imperialist strategies in the same way the u.s. is bombing and setting up military strongholds in countries like yemen somalia pakistan and others on the auspices of fighting the war on terror u.s. military construction of bases
drug enforcement agency or the da a u.s. taxpayer funded entity regularly conducts raids and targeted killings of foreign nationals under a cloak of impunity so check this out and recent years the u.s. has been sponsored coups in both and paraguay and continues to fund their notoriously corrupt police and military forces in countries like honduras the us government whores money instead into institutions that are in many ways a forefront of drug trafficking so who does this all really benefit...
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u.s. has not seen any spillover violence. saying that when we are acknowledging that our law enforcement has been engaged in a gun battle. we have had people killed. narcotics have been caught. that is what is competing this. we need to recognize it for what it is. transnational criminal organizations -- we cannot pursue them across the international border. we will put what ever it takes to defend the sovereignty -- >> he made a point that there was a bill to fund more border patrol agents. i think it is well-known that republicans in washington do not like to spend a lot of money. his comments were that members of your own party do not want to fund this initiative. >> people are tired of blaming parties. >> that is exactly what i just said. [laughter] before you did that, you blamed republicans. [talking over each other] >> i acknowledge that president bush and president obama have increased the number of border patrol. i acknowledge that we have an increase of resources. when you have a
u.s. has not seen any spillover violence. saying that when we are acknowledging that our law enforcement has been engaged in a gun battle. we have had people killed. narcotics have been caught. that is what is competing this. we need to recognize it for what it is. transnational criminal organizations -- we cannot pursue them across the international border. we will put what ever it takes to defend the sovereignty -- >> he made a point that there was a bill to fund more border patrol...
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you have all the time in the u.s., you have prisons that are on the verge of of riots, that are, you know, prisoners going on strike, refusing to work, they have to shut the whole prisons down, and people out here never hear of it because they say if it's reported in the media, it'll make the prisoners even more aggressive, even more bold. they'll say, okay, the world's paying attention, someone's watching, someone's seeing what we're doing, and it'll make 'em do it even more. so a lot of times you have prisons that are just erupting, and nobody out here even hears of it. >> do you have any sort of survivor's guilt in a way? because there are still guys on that death row that you left, certainly you didn't deserve to be there, but here you are out in the world. >> i don't know. um, maybe i was lucky. a lot of it was lori, my wife. um, she kept me sane, kept me moving forward. there were times when i felt like i couldn't get up and keep going, and she would make me, almost carry me motionally, psychologically. spiritually. when i just couldn't take another step, she would keep saying,
you have all the time in the u.s., you have prisons that are on the verge of of riots, that are, you know, prisoners going on strike, refusing to work, they have to shut the whole prisons down, and people out here never hear of it because they say if it's reported in the media, it'll make the prisoners even more aggressive, even more bold. they'll say, okay, the world's paying attention, someone's watching, someone's seeing what we're doing, and it'll make 'em do it even more. so a lot of times...
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the u.s. and happened in other countries. it is that sense different from a garden-variety of recession if you want to call it that. melissa: peter, do you agree with that? we have ceo's on the all the time say that is the not the problem. they are held back by government regulation and too much debt and they blame in short for the president that we don't have a "v"-shaped recovery. >> i think there is element of that. deleveraging stopped about 20 months ago and consumer spding took off in the recovery and the recovery was strong in the beginning. so much we spent went abroad to china. we had currency imbalance. all that on imported oil. all that is lost purchasing power. my view this is not a typical business cycle. the u.s. economy is structurally broken and some of the things this administration has done made it worse. like the banking relations in new york don't fix the banks. they make it impossible for them to bank. and so my feeling is that there is some arguments on both sides but i'm
the u.s. and happened in other countries. it is that sense different from a garden-variety of recession if you want to call it that. melissa: peter, do you agree with that? we have ceo's on the all the time say that is the not the problem. they are held back by government regulation and too much debt and they blame in short for the president that we don't have a "v"-shaped recovery. >> i think there is element of that. deleveraging stopped about 20 months ago and consumer spding...
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., on the u.s. domestic economy and, therefore, u.s. global competitiveness is the fiscal cliff. so, steve, paul krugman advised the president this morning to just say no. what's the president going to do? >> let me get my phone out, and i'll find out for you. [laughter] i do find it amusing that whatever you and the previous speaker said of me, everybody laughed. so i don't know what that says about my credibility. um, i don't know what the president's going to do. i guess he's speaking at 1:30, heidi and i were discussing it before, and we'll get some tone from where he's coming from. i would simply say i disagree with paul krugman. i think it's great the president won. i think he got a mandate. i think the country's spoken in terms of what kinds of fiscal policies it wallets. there was a lot -- wants. there was a lot of commentary during the election about how neither candidate put forth a clear policy agenda for the coming years, and there's some truth to that, but they both made clear the outli
., on the u.s. domestic economy and, therefore, u.s. global competitiveness is the fiscal cliff. so, steve, paul krugman advised the president this morning to just say no. what's the president going to do? >> let me get my phone out, and i'll find out for you. [laughter] i do find it amusing that whatever you and the previous speaker said of me, everybody laughed. so i don't know what that says about my credibility. um, i don't know what the president's going to do. i guess he's speaking...
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today, the u.s. state department expressed concern over the recent developments saying quote, one of the aspirations o f the egyptian revolution was to ensure power would not be overly concentrated in the hands of any one person or institution. he was elected in june with nearly 52% of the vote, but thousands are calling for his removal today as they stormed the headquarters of one of his chief support groups. the crowd then marched on to tahrir square, chanting birth of a new pharaoh. let's get the latest on this situation with ian lee in cairo tonight. what's the situation right now? >> reporter: well, tom, it's 2:00 a.m. now in cairo. and the protests are still going on. we're still seeing clashes in and around tahrir square between the protesters and the police. we're seeing a range of things thrown back and forth. rocks, we've seen molotov cocktails, we've seen tear gas. there are reports of police shooting into the air to scare off protesters. this is a very intense scene we've seen. we haven't
today, the u.s. state department expressed concern over the recent developments saying quote, one of the aspirations o f the egyptian revolution was to ensure power would not be overly concentrated in the hands of any one person or institution. he was elected in june with nearly 52% of the vote, but thousands are calling for his removal today as they stormed the headquarters of one of his chief support groups. the crowd then marched on to tahrir square, chanting birth of a new pharaoh. let's...
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u.s. and other nations will pay the price in the form of lost economic growth and development, stifled innovation and social progress and diminished opportunity. so i will describe those threats and talk about what needs to happen for us to keep the global internet on the right path. to harness the opportunities new communications, technologies to benefit all. there's a lot that about the relationship between communications technologies and world events, but in some important ways the relationship between the mutations, technology and world history has always been a profound one. the printing press was a new communications technology that changed the world. it won't take us back that far, but for a few minutes i will take us back 50 years to a powerfully important speech given by an fcc chairman in 1961. that made president john f. kennedy's. , newton minnow, spoke to the national association of broadcasting. his speech generally remembered for the declaration that tv had become a vast was
u.s. and other nations will pay the price in the form of lost economic growth and development, stifled innovation and social progress and diminished opportunity. so i will describe those threats and talk about what needs to happen for us to keep the global internet on the right path. to harness the opportunities new communications, technologies to benefit all. there's a lot that about the relationship between communications technologies and world events, but in some important ways the...
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it will push the u.s. economy back into recession. >> speaking of the fiscal cliff you have broken it down according to the state. >> this is interesting. the fiscal cliff will assess all of us. but some more than others and geography has a lot to do with it. the tax foundation has estimated the potential impact of a median family of two kids takes into account three tax hikes. the first one would be the expiration of all of the busheir raw obama tax cuts expiration of the two percent payroll taxes and not passing the amt. the states who's taxes drive residents as much as 7,000 dollars in some cases. new jersey, maryland, connecticut and massachusetts as you can see there and a bill of 3,000 dollars washington, hawaii, colorado, kansas. >> the northeast getting hit very hard. >> is this why many people are trying to make adjustments when it comes to the travel for the holidays. >> travel spending is down. we should think about the traffic. that's not down. before the tushg key the indigestion. 30 million o
it will push the u.s. economy back into recession. >> speaking of the fiscal cliff you have broken it down according to the state. >> this is interesting. the fiscal cliff will assess all of us. but some more than others and geography has a lot to do with it. the tax foundation has estimated the potential impact of a median family of two kids takes into account three tax hikes. the first one would be the expiration of all of the busheir raw obama tax cuts expiration of the two...
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the u.s. >> mention a couple of stocks, disney and apple. no reason to pick through the rubble. the s&p 500 stocks are fairly priced. look at the u.s. as a whole, are looking to eke out 2.5% gdp. if you look at the emerging market for the last year and a half they have significantly underperformed the s&p 500, valuation is cheaper than the s&p 500 and if you look at a place like india, that is investors dream. the median age over 25 compared to 37, 38 for the u.s. growth rate coming in around 7% over there, the emerging middle class going from 100 million to 600 million by 2025. just investing in $2 billion in united spirits, that is a consumer you want to tap into, plenty of opportunity for long-term growth, much cheaper multiple than what you are finding on the shore. david: ticker symbols, epi, and china broad-based. it is great to see you. very good advice, thank you very much. >> thank you both. sandra: would have a top strategist that says the gold craze is on the way and the best way to
the u.s. >> mention a couple of stocks, disney and apple. no reason to pick through the rubble. the s&p 500 stocks are fairly priced. look at the u.s. as a whole, are looking to eke out 2.5% gdp. if you look at the emerging market for the last year and a half they have significantly underperformed the s&p 500, valuation is cheaper than the s&p 500 and if you look at a place like india, that is investors dream. the median age over 25 compared to 37, 38 for the u.s. growth rate...
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performance the issues of u.s. national security policy and the military i'm sorry to say that i don't believe. obama will deliver on his campaign promise specifically to. us involvement in the war in afghanistan and the fact is the obama administration has made the decision that there will be a residual force of at least ten thousand for an indefinite period of time i think the closest romney and his running mate paul ryan have come to making a promise. is perhaps the idea of they would somehow be more successful in putting pressure on iran to end its nuclear program but i must say that it was not made with much conviction in the campaign in the last presidential debate romney was really more saying me too to president obama's policy toward iran. now both candidates had their own ways dealing with the aftermath of hurricane sandy in an attempt to break the pre-vote deadlock with campaigning now fully back on track our resident new yorker laurie harshness has been finding out who came through it the best. new york
performance the issues of u.s. national security policy and the military i'm sorry to say that i don't believe. obama will deliver on his campaign promise specifically to. us involvement in the war in afghanistan and the fact is the obama administration has made the decision that there will be a residual force of at least ten thousand for an indefinite period of time i think the closest romney and his running mate paul ryan have come to making a promise. is perhaps the idea of they would...
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do you think the u.s. officials in washington had enough information beforehand, enough of the warnings to beef up security before the attack ever happened? >> well, that is the purpose of our inquiry. that decision will be made by the community. i have not had an opportunity yet to go through what are the thousands of pages. and i, you know, i want to do that. i want other members to do that. i don't want to jump to any conclusion. but it would appear to me -- and this is just me -- that the five prior incidents in the year, which aren't intelligence. they're not threats. they are actual attacks. on the british ambassador, on our consulate once before, on a number of other things. on the united states missions. now, that to me is sufficient intelligence to make a decision. so we want to see what the extenuating circumstances are. that the security wasn't beefed up by us. if it couldn't be beefed up by the libyans, or we didn't close down the consulate. >> chris: do you think -- second question -- there wa
do you think the u.s. officials in washington had enough information beforehand, enough of the warnings to beef up security before the attack ever happened? >> well, that is the purpose of our inquiry. that decision will be made by the community. i have not had an opportunity yet to go through what are the thousands of pages. and i, you know, i want to do that. i want other members to do that. i don't want to jump to any conclusion. but it would appear to me -- and this is just me -- that...
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either way, the u.s. economy would get a boost and that would be a positive factor for share prices. market watchers say many participants have stayed put to see who will become the next president. that capped the dow's upside. let's check on the markets here in tokyo for this wednesday morning. first to stocks. the nikkei index is currently trading at 8,973. that's just slightly down .02% from tuesday. investors are placing buy orders after a rally in new york but many are refraining from aggressive moves to see the outcome of the u.s. presidential election. currencies on the tokyo foreign exchange the dollar is little changed against the yen, dollar/yen is changing at 80.18 to 26 and currency investors are staying on the sidelines as they wait for the results of a tightly fought race to the white house. the euro/yen is currently changing hands. to other markets in asia pacific regions, the kospi is down a quarter percent and trading at 1,923 and in australia the benchmark index there is up about a quart
either way, the u.s. economy would get a boost and that would be a positive factor for share prices. market watchers say many participants have stayed put to see who will become the next president. that capped the dow's upside. let's check on the markets here in tokyo for this wednesday morning. first to stocks. the nikkei index is currently trading at 8,973. that's just slightly down .02% from tuesday. investors are placing buy orders after a rally in new york but many are refraining from...
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he, of course, is the current u.s. commander in afghanistan who is now under investigation by the pentagon's inspector general for what officials described as potentially inappropriate e-mails with one of the women directly involved in the case. nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell has more on this ever-widening story. >> reporter: the scandal involving two very different women, tampa socialite jill kelley and petraeus biographer paul broadwell ensnared not only petraeus but his successor. john allen who took over from petraeus in afghanistan and is the president's choice to be supreme allied commander of nato forces in europe, a nomination now temporarily on hold. >> sweetheart, thank you for all that you have done for me and for our precious -- >> reporter: the general is married with a sterling record but on a flight to australia monday night aides to defense secretary leon panetta said there was a dramatic turn in the case. fbi investigators uncovered potentially inappropriate communications be
he, of course, is the current u.s. commander in afghanistan who is now under investigation by the pentagon's inspector general for what officials described as potentially inappropriate e-mails with one of the women directly involved in the case. nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell has more on this ever-widening story. >> reporter: the scandal involving two very different women, tampa socialite jill kelley and petraeus biographer paul broadwell ensnared not only...
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. >>> now joining us is u.s. congressman james clyburn from south carolina, member of the house leadership. let's talk about the real politics of equity, fairness, real democratic values, congressman. you're in the leadership. you're going to make the call. does the president have to win -- i think he has to -- does he have to win on making sure the wealthy of this country get back to paying what they paid under clinton? >> absolutely. he's just absolutely got to win that. and i think he will win that. but let me say, chris, thank you so much for having me. may i say something about susan rice? >> sure. >> i have a real, real problem with my senior senator trying to make her a scapegoat in this. susan rice's roots are in florence, south carolina, that i got the opportunity to serve for almost 20 years in the congress. her father, who -- emmitt, born in florence, didn't leave there until he was 16 years old, i've been a close friend of his over the years. i'm a close friend of susan rice. i think it's absolutely a
. >>> now joining us is u.s. congressman james clyburn from south carolina, member of the house leadership. let's talk about the real politics of equity, fairness, real democratic values, congressman. you're in the leadership. you're going to make the call. does the president have to win -- i think he has to -- does he have to win on making sure the wealthy of this country get back to paying what they paid under clinton? >> absolutely. he's just absolutely got to win that. and i...
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chief i have determined that it is in our vital national interest to send an additional thirty thousand u.s. troops to afghanistan from mike mullen says nearly half of the thirty thousand troops ordered to play by president obama are already in theater and we can see positive impacts right here at cylinder but through the recovery act this company received a loan to expand its operations i was fixing our broken immigration system. is not only a political issue not just an economic issue but a moral imperative as well paid champion out as a big republican night as major networks project they're taking control of the house and this midterm election of two thousand and ten by the time the dust settled earlier today republicans had scored the largest party turnover in seventy years that nine point eight percent unemployment rate is the highest since april of this year valor and sacrifice are no more limited by sexual orientation than they are by race or by gender or by religion or by creed this morning i am proud. to sign a law that will bring an end to don't ask don't tell day of rage burning
chief i have determined that it is in our vital national interest to send an additional thirty thousand u.s. troops to afghanistan from mike mullen says nearly half of the thirty thousand troops ordered to play by president obama are already in theater and we can see positive impacts right here at cylinder but through the recovery act this company received a loan to expand its operations i was fixing our broken immigration system. is not only a political issue not just an economic issue but a...
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direct: do you think that u.s. officials in washington had enough information beforehand, enough of these warnings, to beef up security before the attack ever happened? >> well, that is the purpose of our inquiry. and, that decision will be made by the committee. i have not had an opportunity get to go through what are thousands of pages. and, i -- you know, i want to do that. i want other members to do it. i don't want to jump to any conclusion. but, it would appear to me -- and this is just me -- that the five prior incidents in the year, which aren't intelligence, they are not threats. they are actual attacks on the british ambassador, on our consulate once before, on a number of other things, on the united states missions. now, that, to me, is sufficient intelligence to make a decision. now -- we want to see what the extent -- extenuating circumstances are, that it wasn't beefed by us, if it couldn't be beachefed up by the libyans or we didn't close done the consulate. >> chris: second question, was there enoug
direct: do you think that u.s. officials in washington had enough information beforehand, enough of these warnings, to beef up security before the attack ever happened? >> well, that is the purpose of our inquiry. and, that decision will be made by the committee. i have not had an opportunity get to go through what are thousands of pages. and, i -- you know, i want to do that. i want other members to do it. i don't want to jump to any conclusion. but, it would appear to me -- and this is...
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so my dad called sergeant schreiber, the u.s. ambassador to france, asked the ambassador if he could look into it and they sent a representative to this little hospital i was in and sure enough, i was alive. >> but one of the passengers in the car, the wife of the leader of the mormon mission in france, she was killed. so this had a big impact on mitt romney. >> when he returns home, romney is a changed person. now deeply committed to his family's religion. he attends the mormon church's brigham young university along with ann davies. mitt and ann marry and eventually move to boston where romney gets a difficult combined mba and law degree from harvard. the romneys settle in massachusetts and mitt serves in higher and higher official positions in the mormon church. first as a bishop, then as head of the boston stake which is similar to a dioceses. mitt romney might be one of the more devout major party presidential nominees in american history. >> he spent up to they say 25 or 30 hours a week being the volunteer bishop. their rel
so my dad called sergeant schreiber, the u.s. ambassador to france, asked the ambassador if he could look into it and they sent a representative to this little hospital i was in and sure enough, i was alive. >> but one of the passengers in the car, the wife of the leader of the mormon mission in france, she was killed. so this had a big impact on mitt romney. >> when he returns home, romney is a changed person. now deeply committed to his family's religion. he attends the mormon...
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suzuki plans to stop selling cars here in the u.s. they filed for chapter 11 today. low sales and high production costs have hurt suzuki, so they will shift their folks you to motorcycles and off-road vehicles here in the united states. >>> almost impossible to tell how clothes will fit without trying them off when you buy online. but a website rent the runway showed a site where you can look at pictures of other customers in them clothes. you can even enter your owner height, weight, and shape size, and see other women built just like you wear wearing the clothes. >>> there's an app to help. into now is an app to help you interact with others while watching election results tonight. the app congress plus helps you learn about virtually every member of the senate and house. isn't that exciting? and there is an app where you can play fact checking about your candidates. really the best place to track the election is with us. log on to abc2news.com for all the latest updates. as soon as the polls shut down at 8:00, we'll have the results, and have it for you right here
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but with training and aid fully via the u.s. we have more pragmatic goals then why do you argue we're just teaching them the best way to fight this we're training it actually because it's really about not so much about you know teaching people how to use rifles and how to use new equipment it's all about really what indoctrination make any aid each one of the children the u.s. uses and as you very successfully put. in short the elite in the countries concerned stay loyal to the u.s. . law to meet terms of foreign policy to state law to them in terms of opening their economies are economic and to u.s. multinationals will be a movie version. for the united states and yes it will start buying american arms while movies libya has lots and lots of money to spend according to the state department this year alone the u.s. spent six point three billion dollars financing foreign armies it argues investing in foreign militaries helps build better alliances and further american interests abroad from the point of view of the u.s. government
but with training and aid fully via the u.s. we have more pragmatic goals then why do you argue we're just teaching them the best way to fight this we're training it actually because it's really about not so much about you know teaching people how to use rifles and how to use new equipment it's all about really what indoctrination make any aid each one of the children the u.s. uses and as you very successfully put. in short the elite in the countries concerned stay loyal to the u.s. . law to...
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u.s. senate, and historic number and rebecca rightly reminded us that it was in part because of things like emily's list that i want to have a conversation about the kind of institutions and the organizations that have been working quiet they all this time to make this moment possible. i don't have to say something about emily's list. >> families list within washington politics, it is an incredibly powerful force. at some point they were the largest organization. i don't know if that's still true, in the day of the super pacs, they are not the largest anybody. so emily's list is an organization that supports democratic pro-choice women for all kinds of offices around the country. they are very powerful and have been working really hard for a long time to get more women effect did. other celebration about the creator of the woman, sometimes you want to say this is terrific progress in other times you say wow, 20%. but it's very, very work getting women elected. so i cited emily's list becau
u.s. senate, and historic number and rebecca rightly reminded us that it was in part because of things like emily's list that i want to have a conversation about the kind of institutions and the organizations that have been working quiet they all this time to make this moment possible. i don't have to say something about emily's list. >> families list within washington politics, it is an incredibly powerful force. at some point they were the largest organization. i don't know if that's...
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u.s. ambassador to pakistan the ambassador to the united states and former adviser to hillary clinton. hosted by the world affairs council of america, this is 45 minutes. [applause] >> is a great pleasure to be here with such a great panel, three ambassadors and one globally renowned journalist and scholars. so i've been told there have been a lot of questions about pakistan and afghanistan so far and i think we have a first-rate panel to start dealing with them. what i'm going to do in terms of focusing the discussion is i'm going to key off with questions to each of our panelists, one each and allow for a little bit of follow up and then i will open the floor to use and you will have more time to engage with them. let me begin with ambassador munter. you already got his bio, but i think in some ways he is almost uniquely positioned to provide us a very recent perspective on what pakistan looks like in the united states to official american advisers and diplomats and also the u.s. pakista
u.s. ambassador to pakistan the ambassador to the united states and former adviser to hillary clinton. hosted by the world affairs council of america, this is 45 minutes. [applause] >> is a great pleasure to be here with such a great panel, three ambassadors and one globally renowned journalist and scholars. so i've been told there have been a lot of questions about pakistan and afghanistan so far and i think we have a first-rate panel to start dealing with them. what i'm going to do in...
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here in afghanistan with all the u.s. service members being here. >> in wiwiryoming, thanksgiving. >> happy thanksgiving, chicago. >> happying thing the thanksgi wife, honey. i love you. >> kabul, afghanistan. >> happy thanksgiving. >> in sports, the jets may have made those troops happy, but their fans are another story. in the primetime game seen right here on nbc, it was seen on nbc, new england quarterback tom brady tossed for three touchdowns in an amazing 35-point second quarter scoring spree in just over two minutes against the jets. the pats crushed gang green, 49-19. >>> redskins quarterback robert griffin iii put on a show connecting on four touchdown passes and washington held off a late rally to beat the dallas cowboys, 38-31. >>> in overtime, houston's field goal with just over two minutes left gave the texans a 34-31 victory over detroit. this was the lion's ninth straight loss on thanksgiving day. >>> to college football -- texas rivals faced off as tcu upset the number 16 texas longhorns by capitalizing on
here in afghanistan with all the u.s. service members being here. >> in wiwiryoming, thanksgiving. >> happy thanksgiving, chicago. >> happying thing the thanksgi wife, honey. i love you. >> kabul, afghanistan. >> happy thanksgiving. >> in sports, the jets may have made those troops happy, but their fans are another story. in the primetime game seen right here on nbc, it was seen on nbc, new england quarterback tom brady tossed for three touchdowns in an...
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narrator: the u.s. i.n.s., or immigration and naturalization service, records each apprehension on standard forms, including one entry with hidden lue: it washe migrants' home towns inexico. that's whabringseograpr chard jones to the i.n. it washe migrants' home towns with a novel reseah plan. jones knows that ecomic conditions vary greatly om region to region in mexico. he suspects that some places drive ou- or "push"-- many more migrants to the u.s. than others. hehis investigation beginses drily90s- or "push"-- aris home inanoniotes. hehis ijones lieves beginses many secrets are stored in i.n.s. files like tse. can theyeveal where most migrants come from? can the answers help both countries keep more people at home? cjones sampless every tenth record, writing down the area of origin within mexico. back in hioffice at the university of texas, he enters the values into a map of mexico. jones marks in blue the townships that senan above-arage number of migrantso e u.s. a pattern emerges that reveals muc
narrator: the u.s. i.n.s., or immigration and naturalization service, records each apprehension on standard forms, including one entry with hidden lue: it washe migrants' home towns inexico. that's whabringseograpr chard jones to the i.n. it washe migrants' home towns with a novel reseah plan. jones knows that ecomic conditions vary greatly om region to region in mexico. he suspects that some places drive ou- or "push"-- many more migrants to the u.s. than others. hehis investigation...
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without the authority of the u.s. government, but he met with the aclu, with human rights watch, with amnesty international, so, yes, they want to promote global law, they're working with foreign governments. there's a total connection, so you're absolutely right. >> so i think like most of this room i agree with the general sentiment here that losing sovereignty for america to transnational entities is a very dangerous thing. so i'll ask a more theoretical question which is what's so great about the nation-state? it seems like some to have arguments you're advancing -- some of the arguments you're advancing could also be in favor of state sovereignty, against the nation-state or local sovereignty against the states or the nation-state. so what is it that's so special about the nation-state other than the fact that it's what we happen to have? >> yeah, that's a good question. and the founders, of course, that's where i go for my, that's what i start with. they were thinking of the ancient republics which were city-sta
without the authority of the u.s. government, but he met with the aclu, with human rights watch, with amnesty international, so, yes, they want to promote global law, they're working with foreign governments. there's a total connection, so you're absolutely right. >> so i think like most of this room i agree with the general sentiment here that losing sovereignty for america to transnational entities is a very dangerous thing. so i'll ask a more theoretical question which is what's so...